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MANHUNT: Prisoner Escapes From Palisades Park Police HQ MANHUNT: Prisoner Escapes From Palisades Park Police HQ
Manhunt: Prisoner Escapes From Palisades Park Police HQ GOTCHA! The manhunt for a purported MS-13 gang member who escaped from Palisades Park police headquarters in handcuffs three days ago ended with his capture in Rhode Island, authorities announced. Working around the clock, Palisades Park police "were right with" Adilson Estrada-Garcia of Cliffside Park when he arrived in Providence to stay with a cousin, Detective Lt. Alex Monteleone said. Members of the US Marshals Rhode Island Violent Fugitive Task Force nabbed the 24-year-old Guatemalan national without incident at 7:30 a.m. Sunday, March 6, Monteleone said. Estrada-Garcia -- whose fami…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Cliffside Park PD: Fleeing Hudson Motorcyclist Nabbed After Pursuit Into Fort Lee Cliffside Park PD: Fleeing Hudson Motorcyclist Nabbed After Pursuit Into Fort Lee
Cliffside Park PD: Fleeing Hudson Motorcyclist Nabbed After Pursuit Into Fort Lee Fort Lee police helped their Cliffside Park colleagues nab a reckless motorcyclist from Hudson County following a high-speed chase, authorities said Wednesday. Angelo Vargas, 21, and two other cyclists had just sped into town on separate 150cc street bikes when an officer in an unmarked car tried to stop them on Palisade Avenue at Walker Street shortly after 9 p.m. Tuesday, Deputy Police Chief Vincent Capano said. A marked patrol unit also tried to intercept the trio at Oakdene Avenue before they split up, Capano said. Two turned left onto Columbia Avenue while Vargas kept going straight o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Cliffside Park Man Turns Himself In For Hit-Run Crash That Injured Girl, 16 Cliffside Park Man Turns Himself In For Hit-Run Crash That Injured Girl, 16
Cliffside Park Man Turns Himself In For Hit-Run Crash That Injured Girl, 16 Cliffside Park detectives were closing in when a borough man surrendered Friday in connection with a hit-and-run crash that sent a 16-year-old girl to the hospital earlier in the week. Scott McLearie, who turned 64 on Thursday, was accompanied by his lawyer when Detective William Crapara served him at headquarters Friday with complaints charging him with assault by auto and endangering an injured victim by leaving the scene of a crash. Crapara, Sgt. Paul Hroncich and Detective Daniel Murtagh had been working the area after the girl was struck shortly after 7 a.m. Tuesday at the corner of Co…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SEE ANYTHING? Teen Struck By Hit-Run Driver In Cliffside Park SEE ANYTHING? Teen Struck By Hit-Run Driver In Cliffside Park
SEE Anything? Teen Struck By Hit-Run Driver In Cliffside Park UPDATE: Cliffside Park detectives were closing in when a borough man surrendered Friday in connection with a hit-and-run crash that sent a 16-year-old girl to the hospital earlier in the week. https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/cliffsidepark/police-fire/cliffside-park-man-turns-himself-in-for-hit-run-crash-that-injured-girl-16/782071/ ORIGINAL STORY: Police were searching for a sedan that struck a Cliffside Park teenager Tuesday morning. The 16-year-old girl was taken to Palisades Medical Center in North Bergen with hip and leg injuries after being struck at the corner of Columbia and Palis…

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by Jerry DeMarco